Inter House Skating Competition 2014-15

The 4th inter house sports competition of the current academic year 2014-15 was for Skating, held in the first half of the month of October.
This competition was held group wise as per below:
  • Group A: Beginners – Classes 1st and 2nd
  • Group B: Sub Junior – Classes 3rd–4th and Classes 5th–6th
  • Group C: Junior – Classes 7th and 8th
  • Group D: Senior – Classes 9th to 11th
The Senior group took part in the Long Race in which a total of 4 students (one from each house) participated. The participants in this event were Durgesh Gami, Pranesh Dx Patel, Shreemad Patel and Uday Jariwala in which Uday Jariwala of Satyam House stood 1st and received 10 points.
The Junior group also had the Long Race event in which Krish A. Patel of Satyam House crossed the finish line first and earned 10 points for his house.
In Sub Junior group, from Std 3-4, a total of 5 participants took part in the Long Race event and Devam of Satyam House stood 1st, followed by Krishiv Savariya and Hari Martin. Also, from Std 5-6 in the Sub Junior group, Manthan Patel of Shivam House came 1st in the Long Race event.
The enthusiasm of the Beginners group students made them clearly stand apart from other groups. 11 students participated from this group in the Short Race event. From this race, the 5 students that qualified for the final race were: Jenil V. Patel (Satyam), Manthan M. Patel (Satyam), Yug S. Bhakta (Sundaram), Ved G. Patel (Shivam), Nihar N. Balar (Satyam) and Aum K. Patel (Suhradam). Yug S. Bhakta secured the 1st place, followed by Nihar N. Balar and Jenil V. Patel.
The points table at the end of the competition was as per below:
HOUSE
TOTAL POINTS
POSITION
SATYAM
56
1
SHIVAM
22
2
SUNDARAM
10
3
SUHRADAM
22
2

 

Written by: Rahul Patel
School Sports Captain

9th West Zone CBSE Cluster – Under 19 Basketball Competition

The CBSE Cluster-IX Basketball Tournament 2014 was held at Gujarat Public School, Vadodara from 2nd Oct to 5th Oct 2014. In the midst of academics and other activities with whatever time they could manage for practice, the AVM Basketball Team finally took the trip to Vadodara to take part in the tournament.The team started its journey via bus on the 2nd Oct itself and reached Vadodara after four hours. They were received by the host school’s bus and taken to the venue. This first day was spent in reporting, school registration and allotment of rooms to teams. At the end of the day, a total of 42 teams about 500 players from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli reported. The host school had also provided for food for all the guests.

The opening ceremony of the tournament was held at the newly opened Sama Indoor Sports Complex, Vadodara. Many eminent personalities were present in the ceremony. The tournament was declared open by Dr. S. K. Nanda, a senior I.A.S. Officer of the Government of Gujarat. He was also introduced to all the team captains and their coaches by the CBSE Observer. Regional dances and plays were held to glorify the spirit of the game. The ceremony ended with the Oath Taking by all the players.The first match of our school team was supposed to be on 3rd October but it resulted in a bye due to the absence of opposite team.

The second match was scheduled on the 4th October in the afternoon session against BK Birla Centre for Education, Pune. The game was in favour of AVM team in the first half of the game. The second half, however, saw a change in tactics by the opponent team. It eventually turned into a very close game with the final outcome decided in the last 2 minutes of the game! At the end, the game went in favour of the opponent team with a score of 18-13. In spite of losing, the AVM team was appreciated by the referees as well as other officials and coaches for their discipline and for playing with true spirit of the game.

The team then departed from the venue after attending the Navratri celebration and having dinner in the city and finally reached AVM via a train journey.

It was a very rich experience for the AVM Basketball Team players to participate in such a mega competition as it helped them gain a new vision for the game and for the school.

Reported by: Bankim Sir

GUJARAT STATE LEVEL TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION 2014-15

Following the impressive performances in the district level table tennis competition and getting selected to play at the state level, the best of the table tennis players of AVM looked forward to the Gujarat State Level Table Tennis Competition 2014-15.
The under 19 competition was held at the Surat Officer’s Gymkhana, Athwalines (Surat). 105 participants from 21 districts of Gujarat participated in this state level table tennis competition. 5 of them were from Atmiya Vidya Mandir: Krutarth J. Patel, Niramay J. Tanna, Uttam P. Italiya, Jil H. Patel and Divya K. Patel (all from class 11). These students gave their best performances and reached quarter-finals of the competition.The best 11 out of these 105 best players of Gujarat in the u-19 category were shortlisted, and it was a proud moment for the school that Jil Patel was one of these top 11. Ultimately, 5 out of these 11 were selected to represent Gujarat in the national league matches.

The under 14 category competition was held in Rajkot. Krutarth C. Patel of class 7 represented Atmiya Vidya Mandir at this competition.

The competition certainly helped boost the confidence of the students while also giving them an opportunity to learn from some of the best players of the country.

Written by: Devang Sir

Inter House Basketball Competition 2014-15

With great joy and celebrations, the Atmiya Vidya Mandir – Sports Department organised the Inter House Basketball Competition from 27th Aug to 30th Aug 2014. This competition brought out the real keen competitive spirit of all the students and their support for their respective houses. The event was very eagerly awaited by all for the entire two weeks leading to the event, during which the house teams practised enthusiastically to be prepared to deliver their best.The competition schedule was as per below:

Date
Day
Sub Junior
(Std 4 to 6)
Junior
(Std 7 – 8)
Senior
(Std 9 to 11)
27 Aug
1
Sundaram
v/s Shivam
Satyam  v/s Suhradam
Satyam
v/s Shivam
Sundaram
v/s Satyam
28 Aug
2
Third
place
Final
Sundaram
v/s Suhradam
Suhradam
v/s Shivam
29 Aug
3
Third place
Third
place
30 Aug
4
Final
Final

The first two matches in each group were knockout matches and the winners of these matches (in each category) would shake hands in the finals, whereas the losing teams would meet for the third place match.

Day 1: Wednesday, 27th August 2014
Sub Junior Group:

  • In the first match of the tournament, Sundaram v/s Shivam in this group, Shivam House won by 8-2.
  • In the second match, Satyam v/s Suhradam, Suhradam House won by 10-8.

Junior Group:

  • In the third match, Satyam v/s Shivam in this group, Satyam House won by 26-14 points, thanks to a very good game played by Ojasbhai and Dhyeybhai.

Senior Group:

  • The last game of the day was between Sundaram v/s Satyam in the Senior group. An electrifying performance by Manavbhai ensured the victory of Sundaram House by 39-11.

Day 2: Thursday, 28th August 2014
Sub Junior Group:

  • The first match of the day was for the third place in this group, Satyam v/s Sundaram in which Satyam House won by 14-6.
  • The next game was the final match in this group between Shivam and Suhradam and it was won by Suhradam House by 12-6.

Senior Group:

  • The third match of the day was the knockout between Shivam and Suhradam in the Senior group, in which Suhradam House won 20-17 because of an awesome performance by Harshbhai Gondaliya.

Junior Group:

  • The fourth and last match for the day was Sundaram v/s Suhradam in the Junior group. Sundaram House won the match by 33-8, thanks to an inspiring contribution of Shivambhai (Std 8).

Day 3: Friday, 29th August 2014
Junior Group:

  • Out of the two matches played on this day, the first one was for the third place match between Shivam and Suhradam of Junior group. Shivam House won the match by 29-00!

Senior Group:

  • The second match of the day, again a third place match between Shivam and Satyam in the Senior group, saw a decent victory of Shivam House by 27-17.

Day 4: Saturday, 30th August 2014

  • On the last day of the tournament, there were two very exciting finals: for Junior group and Senior group. The first final match was Sundaram v/s Satyam in the Junior group. Satyam House won the match by 17-10 with another fantastic performance by Ojasbhai who score 13 points for his house.
  • The second match was the Senior group final, Sundaram v/s Suhradam. Due to an outstanding team play by Sundaram House players, they won this very closely fought final match by 40-30, with commendable performances by Manavbhai and Pavanbhai.

This is how the scorecard looked like in the end:

HOUSE NAME
SUB JUNIOR
JUNIOR
SENIOR
TOTAL POINTS
POSITION
Satyam
6
10
4
20
3rd
Sundaram
4
8
10
22
1st
Suhradam
10
4
8
22
Shivam
8
6
6
20
3rd

Throughout this remarkable tournament, many academic teachers had come to cheer their respective house teams which further encouraged the students to perform to the best of their abilities. Even the Sports teachers were quite excited about the tournament and enjoyed the break time of various matches by practicing shots from different positions.

Dhiren Sir, Ishwar Sir, Ritesh Sir and Bankim Sir were the referees for the tournament and their judgments were decisive and very transparent. Devang Sir, Tejas Sir, Hemant Sir, Kalpesh Sir, Pritesh Sir and Mitesh Sir took care of the scoring duty in a very fair manner and with full dedication.

The event was special also because of the school principal, Vijay Sir coming to the basketball courts for the final matches to encourage and cheer the students. At the end of the tournament, Tarun Sir announced the results of the competition and Vijay Sir gave away the (joint) winners’ trophy to the Sundaram House and Suhradam House Captains.

The competition was an enthralling experience for the Sports Department as it gave an opportunity to see the students perform to the best of their abilities like true sportsmen.

Report submitted by: Bankim Sir (School Basketball Coach)

An Impressive Tally of WINS at the District Level Table Tennis Competition 2014-15

The District Level Table Tennis Competition 2014-15 was held on 2nd September at Sincerite School, Bardoli. There were about 12 schools that participated in the competition.In the under 14 level, there were 56 participants. From Atmiya Vidya Mandir, Krutarth C. Patel of class 7 played very well. He stood third and got selected for the state level competition.

In under 17 level, there were 44 participants in which the Atmiya Vidya Mandir team performed extremely well. Deep J. Patel of class 9 titled himself as the champion with Nikunj Aggarwal of class 10 at third position and Smith Patel class 9 at fifth position. All of them qualified for the state level competition.

In under 19 level, there were 28 participants out of which five were selected for the state level competition. It is a matter of great pride for the school that all the five participants from Atmiya Vidya Mandir: Niramay Tanna, Jil Patel, Divya Patel, Uttam Italiya and Krutarth J. Patel of class 11, were selected for the state level competition!

The competition hence provided an opportunity to a very talented 128 table tennis players of the region. And out of the total 15 students that represented Atmiya Vidya Mandir in the competition, 9 were selected for the state level competition.

Congratulations to all the students on their performances and best wishes to the state level candidates!

Reported by: Devang Sir (School Table Tennis Coach)

Inter School District Level Handball Competition 2014-15

The under-17 handball team of Atmiya Vidya Mandir, under the guidance of coach Kalpesh Sir, participated in the Inter School District Level Handball Competition held at Satrawala Uma Vidyapith (Valthan) on 23rd August 2014. A total of 11 teams took part in this event.
In the first match against Vidyamangal School, the AVM team, won by 20-1. The following players showed remarkable performances:

  • Tapan Dandawala: 5 goals
  • Vaishvik C Patel: 5 goals
  • Manav Patel: 4 goals
  • Dhwanit Tamboli: 4 goals
  • Yash Jariwala: 1 goals
  • Abhitya Talreja: 1 goal

The second match was against DPS-Tapi school in which the AVM team won by 14-1 and qualified for the semi-finals. The score was built upon the performances of the following players:

  • Tapan Dandawala: 5 goals
  • Vaishvik C Patel: 4 goals
  • Manav Patel: 2 goals
  • Dhwanit Tamboli: 2 goals
  • Parag Algotar: 1 goal

The semi-final match was against Satrawala Uma Vidyapith. The hosts put up a commendable performance due to which the AVM team lost by 6-16. The following players put in their best efforts in the match:

  • Tapan Dandawala: 2 goals
  • Manav Patel: 2 goals
  • Vaishvik C Patel: 1 goal
  • Hitarth Savani: 1 goal

Congratulations to the team for their performance in the tournament and especially to the following players who got selected to represent the school at the state level competition.

  1. Tapan R. Dandawala
  2. Dhwanit R. Tamboli
  3. Manav N. Patel
Written by: Ritesh Sir

Inter School District Level Skating Competition 2014-15

Our school team participated in the Inter School District Level Skating Competition 2014-15 organised at P. P. Savani School, Abrama on 19th August 2014 under the guidance of coach Mitesh Sir.In the U-11 Boys Quad event, a total of 48 students participated. In this group, Krishiv Davariya (Std 4) and Devam Dhaduk (Std 4) represented Atmiya Vidya Mandir. Both of them reached the finals with Krishiv securing 1st position and Devam at 4th position in the event.

In the U-11 Boys Inline event, Hari Martin (Std 3) and Manthan Patel (Std 3) represented AVM and put up a commendable performance in the first round but did not qualify for the next round.

In the U-14 Boys Quad event, a total of 58 students participated in which Krish A Patel (Std 7), Ishaan S Davariya (Std 8) Shreemad J Patel (Std 9) represented Atmiya Vidya Mandir. All of them reached the finals with Shreemad achieving the 1st position and Krish at 3rd position.The U-17 Boys Quad event saw a total of 28 participants. Hrushi A Patel and Uday C Jariwala participated from Atmiya Vidya Mandir and they also reached the finals with Uday securing 2nd position and Hrushi, 4th position.

And finally, the U-17 Boys Inline event had a total of 12 participants. The two students that participated in this group from AVM, Vishrut I Patel (Std 10) and Durgesh N Gami (Std 10), also reached the finals with Durgesh securing the 2nd position and Vishrut the 3rd position.

It’s a matter of pride for the school that the following students got selected for the state level competition:

  • Krishiv Davariya [Under 11 Quad]
  • Shreemad J Patel [Under 14 Quad]
  • Uday C Jariwala [Under 17 Quad]
  • Durgesh N Gami [Under 17 Inline]
  • Vishrut I Patel [Under 17 Inline]

Congratulations to all the students for representing the school and for their achievements!

Written by: Ritesh Sir

Inter-house Carrom Competition 2014-15

Monsoon brings life to nature and fills the lives of millions of people with happiness and joy. But it also often restricts the outdoor activities. Therefore, at AVM we always start the inter-house sports competitions with Carrom.

Like many sports, carrom also requires focus and determination to succeed but, in addition to that, carrom also requires a good knowledge of geometry and angles to put the difficult coins in the pocket. Even though students don’t play carrom when the outdoor activities are possible, the spirit shown by the students indicates the enthusiasm especially amongst younger students.

 

The competition was divided into three categories: Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior. Each category had two pairs of students from each house for a knock out match.

In the Sub-Junior category, Sundaram House took the first and the second place while Satyam House took the third place. Harshilbhai and Vrajbhai became champions by beating the other Sundaram House team of Pranambhai and Aryanbhai.

Sundaram House continued their good showing with taking the second place while Shivam House took the third place. However, Satyam House duo of Gauravbhai and Dhruvbhai won the category by beating Sundaram House pair of Shreemadbhai and Shivangbhai.

The Sundaram House pair of Rajveerbhai and Mantavyabhai won the senior category by beating Shreybhai and Harshbhai of Satyam House. Shivam House took the third place in the category.

Here is the brief summary of the final score:

Reported by: AVM Sports Team